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unusual facts about Slovak people


Slovak People's Party

In 1920, the party participated in the election together with the Czech People's Party under the name Czechoslovak People's Party.


Douchan Gersi

Douchan Gersi is a Slovak-born, Belgium-raised, Bali-based adventurer, documentary filmmaker, author and actor, producer/star with actor James Coburn of Explore, a PBS mini-series.

Ján Starší

Ján Starší (born 17 October 1933 in Sokolče, Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak former ice hockey player who competed in the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Peter Madáč

Peter Madáč (28 February 1729 in Veľká Poloma, now part of Gemerská Poloma – 24 November 1805, Rimavská Sobota) was a Slovak doctor, chemist, and professional writer and publicist.

Peter Štefan

Peter Štefan (or Peter Stefan) (1941, Bratislava, Slovak Republic – 18 June 1978, Tryfan, Wales) was a Slovak mathematician who was known for his works on dynamical systems and mathematical entropy.


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Belo Blato

Belo Blato was settled in 1883 by Slovak people from the village of Padina (in south Banat), where Slovaks from Slovakia settled several years earlier.

Liptovský Mikuláš

The leader of Slovak national revival, Ľudovít Štúr, publicly revealed a document called "The demands of Slovak nation" in 1848 in Liptovský Mikuláš as an official appeal to the leaders of Austrian-Hungarian empire to help solve the present existentional problems of Slovak people (unsuccessful).